{"id":7200,"date":"2016-12-16T12:33:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T11:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7200"},"modified":"2017-04-12T12:33:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T11:33:02","slug":"barigha-amange-sen-nimi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/barigha-amange-sen-nimi\/","title":{"rendered":"BARIGHA-AMANGE, Sen. Nimi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> HND, LL.B, L.B; petroleum engineer, lawyer, politician; b: May 10,1952; p: Nembe; so: Bayelsa; married, has chjldren; ed: Nembe National Grammar School, Nembe 1971-75; Petroleum Training Institute, Warri, 1977-81; Rivers State University ofScience and Technology, 1988-93; Nigerian LawSchool, Lagos, 1995; cr: ScienceTeacher, GGSS, Bassambiri, 1975-77; Drilling and Production Engr. Industrial Training\/ National Youth Service Corps, SPDC\/Chevron\/Elf Petroleum, 1978-81; Supritendent, Corrosion\/Treatment, ElfPetroleum, Port Harcourt, 1982-84; Head, Land\/Claims, 1989-98; ch.,Board of Directors; Nigeria Delta Basin Development Authority, Port Harcourt, 2000-02; Pixy Hotels Ltd., since 2003; Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nasarawa State, 2005-06; presd, Niger Delta Peace Initiative, Ogbia, Bayelsa State, since2003; Elected Senator representing Bayelsa East onthePlatform of PDP, since 2007; Sec. Gen. PENGASSAN, Elf Petroleum, 1989-91; presd., 1993-98; presd., Opu- NembeDescendants&#8217; Union, 1990-92; Sec.Gen.,NembeDivisional Council ofChiefs, 1994-2000; Legal Adviser, Nembe Chiefs Council, since 1996; vch., Senate CommitteeonHomeAffairs; mm:Senate CommitteeonPetroleum Upstream; Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream; Senate Committee on National Identification; Senate Committeeon Science&#038;Technology; Special Contributions toSociety\/mankind include free WAEC and NECO registration for students ofNembe; Scholarship Awards toNembe Students Studying in Local Universities; Business Assistance ofN500,000 each to Seven Groups ofCo-operative Societies; Micro Credit Support ofN50,000 each toabout 400women and 75youths inco-operative societies; Established and Maintained Peaceful negotiations and direct talk withmilitant youths in the Niger Delta and Federal Government; pp: Founding Member and Elder, People&#8217;s Democratic Party, Bayelsa State; Chairmae Kano State Fact Finding\/ Reconciliation Committee, 2001; National Secretary, Accommodation Committee and Campaign Coordinator, Gemade for National Chairman; Campaign Coordinator,Obasanjo for President, Bayelsa State 1999; Senatorial Aspirant, 1999;Governorship Aspirant, 2003; sc: Presd., Rotary Club,Ahoade Rivers State, 1988-89; off:The Senate, National AssemblyComplex, Three ArmsZone Abuja. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2399,165,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7200","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-engineer","category-legal","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7200"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}